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Physical Therapist resume example

Physical therapy resumes should show licensure, settings, patient populations and outcomes. Specialties and continuing education matter, list them clearly, and quantify caseload and functional improvement where you can.

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Physical Therapist resume summary example

Licensed physical therapist with 5 years in outpatient orthopaedics and sports rehab. Manage a caseload of 12–14 patients a day with a 94% plan-of-care completion rate. Board-certified orthopaedic clinical specialist.

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Experience bullet examples for a physical therapist

  • Evaluate and treat 12–14 outpatients a day, focusing on post-operative knee, shoulder and spine rehab
  • Achieve a 94% plan-of-care completion rate against a clinic average of 81%
  • Developed an ACL return-to-sport protocol now used across 4 clinic locations
  • Mentor 2 physical therapy assistants and supervise DPT students
  • Treated orthopaedic and neurological patients in outpatient and home-health settings
  • Improved patient-reported outcome scores (LEFS) by an average of 21 points per episode of care

Each bullet starts with an action verb and ends with a result. That is what separates an achievement from a job description.

Skills for a physical therapist resume

Orthopaedic rehabManual therapySports rehabilitationPost-surgical rehabDry needlingExercise prescriptionWebPTPatient education

Keywords that appear in physical therapist job postings

Applicant tracking systems match your resume against the posting. These terms recur in real physical therapist listings, use the ones that are true for you, in the posting’s own wording.

physical therapyrehabilitationtreatment plansmanual therapytherapeutic exerciseorthopedicspatient evaluationdocumentationEMRpatient educationmobilityoutcomes

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Tips for writing a physical therapist resume

  1. Specify settings and populations (outpatient ortho, acute, neuro, paediatrics).
  2. Use outcome measures your field recognises: LEFS, DASH, Oswestry, plan-of-care completion.
  3. List continuing-education certifications such as dry needling or manual therapy.

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What skills should I put on a physical therapist resume?

List the specific skills the job posting asks for that you genuinely have. For physical therapist roles, common ones include Orthopaedic rehab, Manual therapy, Sports rehabilitation, Post-surgical rehab, Dry needling, Exercise prescription, WebPT, Patient education.

How long should a physical therapist resume be?

One page for most candidates. Two pages only if you have many years of directly relevant experience and every line earns its place.

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